Ring in the New Year with a Grants Calendar
With the beginning of a new year comes the task of planning and scheduling new grant submissions on the calendar. A grants calendar can serve two valuable functions: (1) It is a fund raising tool to...
View ArticleOne Time Grant Appeal
Foundation grant makers are partial to making grants for time-limited projects with nonrecurring costs. Corporate foundations respond favorably to requests for equipment, renovation, and building...
View ArticleChallenge Grants Stimulate Giving
Challenge grants issued by grant makers can provide the final thrust to wrapping up a major campaign. For readers unfamiliar with a challenge grant, Wikipedia defines them as follows: “Challenge grants...
View ArticleLetters of Intent
Foundation and government agencies use letters of intent (LOI) differently. The letter of intent tells a government agency the organization plans to submit an application. Foundations, however, view a...
View ArticleBreaking the Barrier: Unsolicited Proposals Not Accepted
How can an organization get its foot in the door of a foundation unwilling to accept unsolicited proposals? There are enough foundations limiting acceptance of proposals that The Foundation Center...
View ArticleGrantsmanship: A Five-Step Fund Raising Program
Fundraisers have broadened Wikipedia’s definition of grantsmanship from “the art of acquiring peer-reviewed research funding” to include all types of grants. Grantsmanship is generally defined as “the...
View ArticleGrant Writing 101: Nuts and Bolts
Grant Writing 101: Nuts and Bolts Date: April 25, 2012 Sponsored by the North West Indiana Education Service Center (NWIESC) Time: 9:00AM-3:00PM (registration begins at 8:30AM) Site: NWIESC, 2939 41st...
View ArticleWriting the Agency Description
Describing the applicant organization is a standard section in the narrative of a foundation proposal. The section provides information about the history and purpose of the organization and its...
View ArticleNew Online Grant Writing Course
Join Grant-Writing-Proposals.com’s administrator, Glenda O’Neal, in this upcoming online grant-writing course offered by CD Publications beginning September 24, 2012. Read the course description from...
View ArticleGrants in Motion: Writing Tips That Raise the Bar
Join Glenda O’Neal, administrator of Grant-Writing-Proposal.com, for an upcoming presentation during the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Biennial Conference, September 14, 2012, in St. Louis,...
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